The .190' wall 16 inch PVC pipes weight 280 pounds per forty foot section. The thiner walls are resiliant. I have never tried to crush one to...
Making the boat as light as possible is the first step to reduce the wake in a boat of fixed length and cross section. I have probably looked at...
Thank you for the information and ideas.
Thank you for the data. I have been a fan of turtle backing hulls and cabins and zero under boom gaps since about 1959 age 14 when I was drawing...
Thank you all for informing me about the rear mast options. I never under stood the stay sail schooners till now. I think I am sold but not sure...
The boat drawing provided by PAR is a good looking classic design and much better looking than any I ever remember seeing for sale or in the...
My favorite past time the last two years is looking for boat bargains world wide. I have seen possibly 15 to 20 small sternwheelers, some of them...
Down force in the stern defeats the lifting force. This is a good idea with some kind of active control actuation you might suck the underside...
Airplanes do need greater mass ahead of Lift but this is not an airplane. This is like a race car or fast alterrain vehicle on a very rough surface.
This is not an aircraft. A fast boat is operating between a semi hard almost road like surface that is exceedingly uneven, worse than any all...
The trailing wing would need similar lift. I think a trailing wing will need similar lift ahead of the center of gravity as the forward...
I apologize for the over statement. The avaialble figures are not complete anywhere I looked after I made the foolish statement. In Nebraska...
The tail is a good idea as a retrofit as you see the traction wings on race cars. Moving the engine to the bow of your existing boat has the same...
Imagine the smallest of the jet skis or like one of your boats pontoons. The engine could be placed low in the bottom of the bow, followed by the...
Imagine the smallest of the jet skis or like one of your boats pontoons. engine in bottom of the bow, followed by the prop in a slot, followed by...
Air ride or SES bottom hull It is possible to reduce the friction of a long narrow boat slightly by making a pocket under the hull to hold...
Testing surface friction for very long boat hulls. This proposal involves using an out drive lower unit housing with a tension load cell mounted...
A small diameter stiff mast, jib fully batten on roller boom. First this boat is heavy and the weight of a high mast will be little loss for its...
Make it a front engine front drive monohull The problem is weight distribution and high center of gravity compared to the outer shell surface...
Life raft weight and water keel A self righting life raft needs an air tube hooped cage to support the canopy to not let it turn turtle. To keep...
